Army Life of An Illinois Soldier Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea Letters and Diary of the Late Charles W. Wills Private and Sergeant 8th Illinois Infantry; Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant 7th Illinois Cavalry; Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel 103rd Illinois Infantry

Washington DC: Globe Printing Company, 1906. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 383 pages, [2]. Frontispiece photograph of Wills. Blue cloth hardcover with title in white on the front cover. White, green and blue insignia on the front cover. Faded white title on the spine. Cloth binding is edge worn and foxed. soiled. Previous owner names (Dubose, John Sexton) written on the right front flyleaf in pencil. Scattered foxing to the end sheets and text. Several marginalia notes in pencil written in the pages covering the Atlanta campaign and Battle of Atlanta. These notes provide additional perspectives and information.

Nevins I page 179 - "A participant (truncated) in the Western campaigns, Wills relied on lengthy letters for the events through the fall of Atlanta, then reproduced a sketchy diary for Sherman's march; undertones of humor mark the whole narrative. (Inventory #: 32978)